Hong Kong mobile : making a global population / / edited by Helen F. Siu and Agnes S. Ku

• Pubblicazione: Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (509 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.6095125
• Soggetto topico: Population aging - China - Hong Kong
• Soggetto geografico: Hong Kong (China) Population; Hong Kong (China) Population policy
• Altri autori: SiuHelen F KuAgnes S. M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-477) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part I - Lessons in Openness: Hong Kong as a Space of Flow; 1 - Lesson in Openness: Creating a Space of Flow in Hong Kong; 2 - Where Guangdong Meets Shanghai: Hong Kong Culture in a Trans-regional Context; 3 - Transborder Visuality: The Changing Patterns of Visual Exchange between Hong Kong and South China; Part II - Taking Stock of a Migrant Population: Who Is a Hong Konger?; 4 - The Importance of Migration Flow to Hong Kong's Future; 5 - Positioning ""Hong Kongers"" and ""New Immigrants"" ; 6 - Immigration Policies and Human Resources Planning7 - Like Sons and Daughters of Hong Kong: The Return of the Young Generation; Part III - Building Dynamic Cultural Capital in Institutions; 8 - Rethinking Colonial Institutions, Standards, Life Styles and Experiences; 9 - Professional Bodies and Professional Regulation in Hong Kong; 10 - Education Reforms and Social Mobility: Rethinking the History of Hong Kong Education; 11 - Is Hong Kong Entrepreneurship Declining?; 12 - The ""Global City"" as a Cultural Project: The Case of the West Kowloon Cultural District ; 13 - A Sense of Place in Hong Kong: The Case of Tai OConclusion: Whither Hong Kong and the Hong Konger?; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this interdisciplinary study, the authors argue that Hong Kong must develop and strengthen the mobility, broadly defi ned, of its population.This is at the heart of its need to face the challenges from a changing global environment.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hong Kong mobile
• ISBN: 988-220-698-0; 1-282-70892-9; 9786612708923; 988-8052-30-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810144303321
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